OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Media and Communication is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
“School Strike 4 Climate”: Social Media and the International Youth Protest on Climate Change	139
Spreading (Dis)Trust: Covid-19 Misinformation and Government Intervention in Italy	108
Digital Mis/Disinformation and Public Engagment with Health and Science Controversies: Fresh Perspectives from Covid-19	102
Empowering Users to Respond to Misinformation about Covid-19	66
Automated Journalism: A Meta-Analysis of Readers’ Perceptions of Human-Written in Comparison to Automated News	45
From Dark to Light: The Many Shades of Sharing Misinformation Online	45
The ‘Eudaimonic Experience’: A Scoping Review of the Concept in Digital Games Research	39
How Online Privacy Literacy Supports Self-Data Protection and Self-Determination in the Age of Information	37
The Visual Vaccine Debate on Twitter: A Social Network Analysis	36
Digital by Default: Children’s Capacity to Understand and Manage Online Data and Privacy	33
Negotiated Autonomy: The Role of Social Media Algorithms in Editorial Decision Making	33
What Is (Fake) News? Analyzing News Values (and More) in Fake Stories	33
Covid-19 Misinformation and the Social (Media) Amplification of Risk: A Vietnamese Perspective	33
Science Journalism and Pandemic Uncertainty	33
In the Service of Good Journalism and Audience Interests? How Audience Metrics Affect News Quality	32
Roots of Incivility: How Personality, Media Use, and Online Experiences Shape Uncivil Participation	32
Assistance or Resistance? Evaluating the Intersection of Automated Journalism and Journalistic Role Conceptions	32
From Insult to Hate Speech: Mapping Offensive Language in German User Comments on Immigration	30
Fighting Deepfakes: Media and Internet Giants’ Converging and Diverging Strategies Against Hi-Tech Misinformation	29
Perceptions of Media Performance: Expectation-Evaluation Discrepancies and Their Relationship with Media-related and Populist Attitudes	29
Generation Z and Organizational Listening on Social Media	28
Coronavirus in Spain: Fear of ‘Official’ Fake News Boosts WhatsApp and Alternative Sources	27
German Media and Coronavirus: Exceptional Communication—Or Just a Catalyst for Existing Tendencies?	26
Journalism in Digital Native Media: Beyond Technological Determinism	26
Journalism Expands in Spite of the Crisis: Digital-Native News Media in Spain	25

Following Politicians on Social Media: Effects for Political Information, Peer Communication, and Youth Engagement	23
The Slippery Path to Total Presence: How Omnidirectional Virtual Reality Treadmills Influence the Gaming Experience	22
Drones, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Journalism: Mapping Their Role in Immersive News Content	22
Native Media and Business Models: Comparative Study of 14 Successful Experiences in Latin America	22
Blurring Boundaries Between Journalists and Tiktokers: Journalistic Role Performance on TikTok	21
Political Memes and Fake News Discourses on Instagram	21
The Shorter the Better? Effects of Privacy Policy Length on Online Privacy Decision-Making	20
Why Do Digital Native News Media Fail? An Investigation of Failure in the Early Start-Up Phase	20
Africa and the Covid-19 Information Framing Crisis	19
Immigrant Influencers on TikTok: Diverse Microcelebrity Profiles and Algorithmic (In)Visibility	19
Rezo and German Climate Change Policy: The Influence of Networked Expertise on YouTube and Beyond	19
Communities of Darkness? Users and Uses of Anti-System Alternative Media between Audience and Community	19
Gender, Voice and Online Space: Expressions of Feminism on Social Media in Spain	18
Does Scientific Uncertainty in News Articles Affect Readers’ Trust and Decision-Making?	18
Cross-National Similarities and Differences between Legacy and Digital-Born News Media Audiences	18
Exploring Digital Native News Media	17
Why Do People Return to Video Platforms? Millennials and Centennials on TikTok	17
#ThisIsMeChallenge and Music for Empowerment of Marginalized Groups on TikTok	17
Promoting Social Media Engagement Via Branded Content Communication: A Fashion Brands Study on Instagram	17
Fact-Checking Interventions as Counteroffensives to Disinformation Growth: Standards, Values, and Practices in Latin America and Spain	16
Advancing Research into Dark Participation	16
Pro-Science, Anti-Science and Neutral Science in Online Videos on Climate Change, Vaccines and Nanotechnology	16
News Media Performance Evaluated by National Audiences: How Media Environments and User Preferences Matter	16
Public Service Media in a Digital Media Environment: Performance from an Audience Perspective	16
Strengthening Children’s Privacy Literacy through Contextual Integrity	16
Data Journalism as a Service: Digital Native Data Journalism Expertise and Product Development	16
Debunking Political Disinformation through Journalists’ Perceptions: An Analysis of Colombia’s Fact-Checking News Practices	16
The Emergence of Native Podcasts in Journalism: Editorial Strategies and Business Opportunities in Latin America	16
A Proposed Model of Self-Perceived Authenticity of Social Media Influencers	15
Deepfakes on Twitter: Which Actors Control Their Spread?	15
Digital Disinformation and Preventive Actions: Perceptions of Users from Argentina, Chile, and Spain	15
Disinformation in Facebook Ads in the 2019 Spanish General Election Campaigns	15
Humor That Harms? Examining Racist Audio-Visual Memetic Media on TikTok During Covid-19	15
Information Quality in Latin American Digital Native Media: Analysis Based on Structured Dimensions and Indicators	14
How China’s State Actors Create a “Us vs US” World during Covid-19 Pandemic on Social Media	14
Structures of the Public Sphere: Contested Spaces as Assembled Interfaces	14
Business Model Innovation in News Media: Fostering New Relationships to Stimulate Support from Readers	14
Digital Competencies for New Journalistic Work in Media Outlets: A Systematic Review	14
Memes of Gandhi and Mercury in Anti-Vaccination Discourse	14
You’re Definitely Wrong, Maybe: Correction Style Has Minimal Effect on Corrections of Misinformation Online	14
Protecting Youths’ Wellbeing Online: Studying the Associations between Opportunities, Risks, and Resilience	13
The Dark Side of Inspirational Pasts: An Investigation of Nostalgia in Right-Wing Populist Communication	13
A Relational Approach to How Media Engage With Their Audiences in Social Media	13
The Privacy Paradox by Proxy: Considering Predictors of Sharenting	13
Journalism Students and Information Consumption in the Era of Fake News	13
Rethinking Public Agenda in a Time of High-Choice Media Environment	13
Measuring Online Political Dialogue: Does Polarization Trigger More Deliberation?	13
Gender Differences in Tackling Fake News: Different Degrees of Concern, but Same Problems	13
Investigating Visual Content Shared over Twitter during the 2019 EU Parliamentary Election Campaign	13
Digital Public Sphere and Geography: The Influence of Physical Location on Twitter’s Political Conversation	13

Constructive Aggression? Multiple Roles of Aggressive Content in Political Discourse on Russian YouTube	13
Conspiracies, Ideological Entrepreneurs, and Digital Popular Culture	12
The Enduring Popularity of Legacy Journalism: An Analysis of Online Audience Data	12
The “Greta Effect”: Networked Mobilization and Leader Identification Among Fridays for Future Protesters	12
Community-Building on Bilibili: The Social Impact of Danmu Comments	12
Winning Over the Players: Investigating the Motivations to Play and Acceptance of Serious Games	12
Pitching Gender in a Racist Tune: The Affective Publics of the #120decibel Campaign	12
Political Influencers on YouTube: Business Strategies and Content Characteristics	12
A literature review of personalization transparency and control: Introducing the Transparency-Awareness-Control Framework	12
Platform Party between Digital Activism and Hyper-Leadership: The Reshaping of the Public Sphere	11
Investigating Algorithmic Misconceptions in a Media Context: Source of a New Digital Divide?	11
Post-Truth as a Mutation of Epistemology in Journalism	11
Conspiracy Beliefs, Misinformation, Social Media Platforms, and Protest Participation	11
Incidental Exposure to Non-Like-Minded News through Social Media: Opposing Voices in Echo-Chambers’ News Feeds	11
Influencers With Intellectual Disability in Digital Society: An Opportunity to Advance in Social Inclusion	11
What’s “Up Next”? Investigating Algorithmic Recommendations on YouTube Across Issues and Over Time	11
The Innovation Function of Hybridization in Public Relations	11
The Ongoing Transformation of the Digital Public Sphere: Basic Considerations on a Moving Target	11
Assassins, Gods, and Androids: How Narratives and Game Mechanics Shape Eudaimonic Game Experiences	11
Reach or Trust Optimisation? A Citizen Trust Analysis in the Flemish Public Broadcaster VRT	11
“It’s Not Just Instagram Models”: Exploring the Gendered Political Potential of Young Women’s Instagram Use	10
Automated Trouble: The Role of Algorithmic Selection in Harms on Social Media Platforms	10
In/Visibility in Social Media Work: The Hidden Labor Behind the Brands	10
The Bright and Dark Side of Eudaimonic Emotions: A Conceptual Framework	10
Soft Presentation of Hard News? A Content Analysis of Political Facebook Posts	10
Skeptical Inertia in the Face of Polarization: News Consumption and Misinformation in Turkey	10
Youth Digital Participation: Now More than Ever	10
‘Four Populisms’ of Alexey Navalny: An Analysis of Russian Non-Systemic Opposition Discourse on YouTube	10
Instagram Influencers as Superwomen: Influencers’ Lifestyle Presentations Observed Through Framing Analysis	10
Automation in Sports Reporting: Strategies of Data Providers, Software Providers, and Media Outlets	10
A Graph-Learning Approach for Detecting Moral Conflict in Movie Scripts	10
ProPublica’s Data Journalism: How Multidisciplinary Teams and Hybrid Profiles Create Impactful Data Stories	9
Disenchanting Trust: Instrumental Reason, Algorithmic Governance, and China’s Emerging Social Credit System	9
Media Roles in the Online News Domain: Authorities and Emergent Audience Brokers	9
Children’s and Parents’ Perceptions of Online Commercial Data Practices: A Qualitative Study	9
Cross-Media Alliances to Stop Disinformation: A Real Solution?	9
Third-Person Perceptions and Calls for Censorship of Flat Earth Videos on YouTube	8
Uninvited Dinner Guests: A Theoretical Perspective on the Antagonists of Journalism Based on Serres’ Parasite	8
Journalism from Above: Drones and the Media in Critical Perspective	8
Audience-Based Indicators for News Media Performance: A Conceptual Framework and Findings from Germany	8
Audience Attention and Emotion in News Filmed with Drones: A Neuromarketing Research	8
The Engagement Imperative: Experiences of Communication Practitioners’ Brand Work in the Music Industry	8
Social Media, Populism, and Migration	7
How Do Chinese Media Frame Arab Uprisings: A Content Analysis	7
Managing Social Networks in Online-Native Newsrooms: When Less Means More	7
Polarization of Deliberative and Participatory Activists on Social Media	7
Neutral Observers or Advocates for Societal Transformation? Role Orientations of Constructive Journalists in Germany	7
Editorial: Children’s Voices on Privacy Management and Data Responsibilization	7
Dual Control: Investigating the Role of Drone (UAV) Operators in TV and Online Journalism	7
Far-Right Digital Activism in Polarized Contexts: A Comparative Analysis of Engagement in Hashtag Wars	7
Digital Participation and Risk Contexts in Journalism Education	7
One Recommender Fits All? An Exploration of User Satisfaction With Text-Based News Recommender Systems	7
Identity and European Public Spheres in the Context of Social Media and Information Disorder	7
Exploring Teenagers’ Folk Theories and Coping Strategies Regarding Commercial Data Collection and Personalized Advertising	7
From “Troll Factories” to “Littering the Information Space”: Control Strategies Over the Russian Internet	7
Ready for the World? Measuring the (Trans-)National Quality of Political Issue Publics on Twitter	7
A Systematic Literature Review of the Phenomenon of Disinformation and Misinformation	7
Algorithmic Actants in Practice, Theory, and Method	7
Journalist-Twitterers as Political Influencers in Brazil: Narratives and Disputes Towards a New Intermediary Model	6
The (Un)Intended Consequences of Emphasizing the Threats of Mis- and Disinformation	6
Higher Education Institutions on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: Comparing Swiss Universities’ Social Media Communication	6
Mapping and Explaining Media Quality: Insights from Switzerland’s Multilingual Media System	6
‘A Shared Reality between a Journalist and the Audience’: How Live Journalism Reimagines News Stories	6
Between Self-Regulation and Participatory Monitoring: Comparing Digital News Media Accountability Practices in Spain	6
Digital Ageism: Emerging Challenges and Best Practices of Age-Friendly Digital Urban Governance	6
Can We Hide in Shadows When the Times are Dark?	6
Health and Scientific Frames in Online Communication of Tick-Borne Encephalitis: Antecedents of Frame Recognition	6
The Role of Popular Culture for Queer Teen Identities’ Formation in Netflix’s Sex Education	6
Crooked Views and Relaxed Rules: How Teenage Boys Experience Parents’ Handling of Digital Gaming	6
An Overview of the Fake News Phenomenon: From Untruth-Driven to Post-Truth-Driven Approaches	6
Keep the Fire Burning: Exploring the Hierarchies of Music Fandom and the Motivations of Superfans	6
Digital Platforms and Infrastructure in the Realm of Culture	6
WhatsApp as a Tool for Researching the Everyday Lives of Venezuelan Refugees Settling in Brazil	6
Staying at the Edge of Privacy: Edge Computing and Impersonal Extraction	6
When Politicians Meet Experts: Disinformation on Twitter About Covid-19 Vaccination	6
“Resistance!”: Collective Action Cues in Conspiracy Theory-Endorsing Facebook Groups	6
TikTok and Political Communication: The Latest Frontier of Politainment? A Case Study	6